Schenectady cop to be arraigned today

Update: Suspended Schenectady police Officer Kyle Hunter was jailed this morning after Schenectady County Judge Karen Drago upped his bail to $5,000 at his arraignment on domestic violence charges.

Earlier: Hunter is due in court his morning for arraignment on a grand jury indictment that accuses him of multiple criminal charges stemming from domestic disputes involving his girlfriend.

Hunter, 38, had already faced two counts of felony criminal contempt and a single charge of misdemeanor criminal mischief. The charging document adds three new counts of misdemeanor criminal contempt. He has eight years on the force.

In April, Hunter who was staying at the woman’s Steers Avenue home, allegedly damaged some items, according to Assistant District Attorney Christina Tremante who is handling the case. At the time, there was an order of protection in place, Tremante added. The report alleges that he “struck, shoved, kicked or otherwise subjected a female victim to physical contact.” She is a corrections officer in Schenectady County.

The new misdemeanor criminal contempt charges accuse Hunter of on three separate occasions violating a full stay away order of protection that barred him from having any contact with the alleged victim. Hunter is one of the city cops slated for disciplinary hearings that could result in them being fired.